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Air Crash In Madrid, 153 People Killed

Posted on 21 August 2008 by Caroline Bawedin

Spain was in shock Thursday while began the investigation of the air crash on Wednesday at Barajas airport in Madrid. There were 153 dead and 19 injured. These 19 people are still fighting against death in Spanish hospitals.

Of the 19 patients in six hospitals in Madrid, four were Thursday in a “very serious condition”, six in a “serious condition”, eight under observation,” in a favorable condition” and there was a slight injured, said an AFP spokesperson of the regional direction of health.

The injured suffer of severe burns, head injuries and fractures, many of them open. Among them, there are two small boys between 8 and 6 and a girl of 11.A woman in a coma was still not identified Thursday morning.

The plane, which should go to Las Palmas, crashed Wednesday during the takeoff at 2:45pm(12:45 GMT).

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